Carlisle's first solo album Belinda was released in 1986 on I.R.S. Records and was certified gold in the United States and platinum in Canada. Her first single, "Mad About You", peaked at number three in the US, topped the Canadian Singles Chart, and charted in the top 10 in Australia. The song was followed by "I Feel the Magic" and by a cover version of the Freda Payne song "Band of Gold". Carlisle's second album Heaven on Earth was released in 1987 through MCA and became a Top 5 bestseller in the United Kingdom and Australia. The first single release became "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", which topped the single charts in many countries including US and UK. The second single from the album was "I Get Weak", which shot to number two in the States and number ten in the UK. Third single, "Circle in the Sand" was another Top 10 hit in the US, UK and Germany. Other singles releases included, "World Without You", "Love Never Dies" and "I Feel Free".
Real was released in 1993 and debuted in the top ten in the UK. Singles of the album featured "Big Scary Animal" and "Lay Down Your Arms", a remake from the Graces. Three years later she released A Woman & a Man which included "In Too Deep". The song returned Carlisle to the UK Top 10 for the first time in six years, reaching number six. The song also made the top 20 in Australia (number 11). The second single release was "Always Breaking My Heart" which also made it into the UK Top 10, peaking at number eight. The album spawned two more singles: "Love in the Key of C" and "California". In 1999 the singer released a second greatest hits album in the UK entitled A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits, and was certified gold in the UK. In 2007 Carlisle released Voilà, consisting of a mix of French pop tunes and chanson standards, including covers of Françoise Hardy and Édith Piaf classics.
In 2013, she released the single "Sun" to coincide with a new budget compilation in the US. A new career retrospective, The Collection, was released in March 2014, reaching number 24 in the UK along with the single "Goodbye Just Go".
In March 2023, Carlisle released "Big Big Love", the lead single from her extended play Kismet, Carlisle's first new English language studio collection in over 25 years.[1]
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications
Released as a promotional single in the US and UK for Carlisle's first studio album, Belinda.
1992
"I Plead Insanity"
Planned to be the fourth single from Live Your life Be Free. Whilst no physical promotional item was released, a video was filmed, and a single edit and two remixes were made for a planned release. All three new versions and the video appeared on the Live Your life Be Free 2013 re-issue.
1997
"Remember September"
Released as a promotional 12" single in the UK for Carlisle's sixth album, A Woman & a Man.
1999
"A Prayer for Everyone"
Released as a promotional single in Sweden for Carlisle's second official compilation album, A Place on Earth: The Greatest Hits.
2007
"I Still Love Him"
2025
"Never Alone" (with Nicholas Hamilton)
Released as a promotional single for the film, Brave the Dark.
Features "I Need a Disguise", "I Never Wanted a Rich Man", "Gotta Get to You", "Shot in the Dark", "We Got the Beat", "Band of Gold", "Lust to Love", "From the Heart", "Mad About You", "Since You've Gone", "Head over Heels" and "I Feel the Magic" (on DVD in a deluxe double disc set with a remastered version of the album Belinda in 2014).
Live!
Released: 1988
Studio: Virgin
Format: VHS • DVD
Features "I Feel Free", "Mad About You", "Lust for Love", "I Get Weak", "Fool for Love", "Circle in the Sand", "World Without You", "Nobody Owns You", "Our Lips Are Sealed", "Vacation", "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", "Love Never Dies", "Head over Heels" and "We Got the Beat" (on DVD in a double disc set with the remastered version of the album Heaven On Earth in 2009, while in a deluxe three disc set in 2013).
Runaway Videos
Released: 1991
Studio: MCA/Virgin
Format: VHS/LD
US version includes "Mad About You", "I Feel the Magic", "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", "I Get Weak", "Circle in the Sand", "Leave a Light On", "Summer Rain", "Runaway Horses", "La Luna".
International version contain "(We Want) The Same Thing" and "Vision of You", instead "Mad About You" and "I Feel the Magic".
Runaway Live
Released: 1991
Studio: MCA/Image
Format: VHS • LD • DVD
Features "Runaway Horses", "Summer Rain", "(We Want) The Same Thing", "Whatever It Takes", "Mad About You", "Circle in the Sand", "Nobody Owns Me", "I Get Weak", "Valentine", "La Luna", "Vision of You", "Leave a Light On", "Heaven is a Place on Earth", "Our Lips Are Sealed", "We Got the Beat", "World Without You" and "Shades of Michelangelo".
Live from Metropolis Studios
Released: 2013
Studio: Edsel (EDMTDVDX001)
Format: DVD + CD
Note: Full concert filmed live on 27 May 2012
Features "Runaway Horses", "(We Want) The Same Thing", "I Get Weak", "Sun", "California", "Circle in the Sand", "Bonnie et Clyde", "Mad About You", "Vision of You", "La Luna", "Summer Rain", "Big Scary Animal", "Leave a Light On", "Heaven is a Place on Earth", "Live Your Life Be Free", "Our Lips Are Sealed", "We Got the Beat", "Ne Me Quitte Pas".
Access All Areas
Released: 2015
Studio: Edsel (AAACDVD003)
Format: DVD + CD
Note: Recorded live at NEC Arena in Buckingham, England, May 26, 1990
Features "Runaway Horses", "Summer Rain", "(We Want) The Same Thing", "Whatever It Takes", "Mad About You", "Circle in the Sand", "Nobody Owns Me", "I Get Weak", "Valentine", "La Luna", "Vision of You", "Leave a Light On", "Heaven is a Place on Earth", "Our Lips are Sealed", "We Got the Beat", "World Without You", "Shades of Michelangelo".
Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 12, 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 55. ISBN0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA from mid-1983 until June 12, 1988.
Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 50.